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On the definition of almost characters

Representation Theory 2015-12-24 v1

Abstract

We define the almost characters of G(F_q) where G is a reductive connected group over a finite field F_q as explicit linear combinations of irreducible characters. Previously these were defined assuming that the centre of G is connected.

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@article{arxiv.1512.07318,
  title  = {On the definition of almost characters},
  author = {G. Lusztig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.07318},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages